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Jobs not Jail – Justice for the Cammell Laird 37
This article from Mick Whitley, when he was the Member of Parliament for Birkenhead, was originally published in the Morning Star. In June 1984, the National Union of Mineworkers entered the fourth month of its historic year long struggle with the Thatcher Government. A few weeks later a massive police attack on the Orgreave picket…
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While Palestine bleeds, Starmer bleats
The empty vessel that is Keir Starmer has decided that Israel’s destruction of Gaza, its genocide of the population and its deliberate starving of the Palestinian people, including babies and children, has suddenly become “intolerable”. Or perhaps it was the sight of Israeli soldiers taking video game style pot shots at desperate Gazans queuing for…
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Sorry!
In my article on Zarah Sultana’s proposal for a new party I inadvertently included a right sidebar from a template WordPress provided that suggested the author of the article was Ernest Hemingway. The post was accompanied by a picture of a dashing young Hemingway. Apologies but this only happened because of my technical incompetence. I…
On your Marx, get set, go
Socialism in the 21st Century and its malcontents
I am a lifelong socialist and trade union activist and I continue to harbour the quaint belief that the collective action of the working class can see off capitalism.
I have decided to commit my musings about the future of socialism to posterity. Anyone who bothers to read it will earn my undying gratitude – whether they like it or not. And anyone who agrees with me will be owed a pint!
On your Marx, get set, go a race to the top, not the bottom
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Jobs not Jail – Justice for the Cammell Laird 37
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Jobs not Jail – Justice for the Cammell Laird 37
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While Palestine bleeds, Starmer bleats
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Sorry!
In my article on Zarah Sultana’s proposal for a new party I inadvertently included a right sidebar from a template WordPress provided that suggested the author of the article was Ernest Hemingway. The post was accompanied by a picture of a dashing young Hemingway. Apologies but this only happened because of my technical incompetence. I…
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On your Marx, get set, go!l 